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The
California Rice Commission’s (CRC) salmon pilot project has now entered its
second year and is making steady progress in data collection. The $1.4
million project is aimed at improving salmon populations through providing a
healthy habitat and food source for the fish in California rice fields.
The project is largely being funded through USDA’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) in an effort to develop the process on a larger
scale in the future.
“We
want to answer all the questions that we need to answer about what exactly is
it that we need the growers to do. Is it a physical modification of the
field? Is it an alteration of how they flood the field, how they drain the
field, the timing of drainage?” said Paul Buttner, CRC Manager of Environmental
Affairs. “These are all the questions that we need to answer in order to
work with NRCS to develop that conservation management practice.”
The
salmon that are reared in winter-flooded rice fields are released and tracked
on their way out to the Pacific Ocean using Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry
(JSAT) tags that are surgically inserted into the fish. The researchers
have been working in eight rice plots evaluating four practices and utilizing
four control plots. One field includes deep channels, another includes
vegetative structures, one field includes both deep channeling and vegetative
cover, and another involves no special treatment.
“We
put approximately 9,000 fish in these eight fields – so about 1,000 fish per
field – and those fish were free-swimming. So, we’re able to utilize them to
test out the effectiveness of our treatments. We also had a number of
caged fish as well” Buttner explained. “Those are the ones that we would
eventually put that JSAT tag into and they would give us all the information as
to their survivability out through the Golden Gate.”
Salmon
that are released and tracked as they move out to the ocean alternate between
fish reared in rice fields and fish that are reared in hatcheries. The
paired release study provides important data as to how the time spent in rice
fields may ultimately benefit the salmon. “We want to see the comparison
as to whether more or less of our rice field fish get out to the Golden Gate as
compared to an equal number of fish that do not enjoy the growth in the flood
plain but rather mimic fish that would go directly from the hatchery into the
river,” said Buttner.
The
California rice industry has a long history of implementing various conservation
practices, with tremendous work done to improve habitat for birds over the past
few decades. Using the rice fields as “surrogate wetlands” for salmon
provides significant potential for carrying on that tradition. “The
Sacramento Valley is a very special place,” Buttner noted, “We want to make
sure that that legacy is continued.”
CRC
has also set up a provisional means of tracking the
salmon as they make their way through the water system out
through Golden Gate. As of April 10, three percent of the fish that were
recently released were already out past Benicia. NRCS has provided nearly
half of the funding necessary for the salmon pilot project, with another third
of the overall support being provided by Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC.
Other significant contributors to the project include the Almond Board of
California, Corteva Agriscience, Valent, and Grow West.
Five Indian-Americans awarded 2020 Guggenheim fellowships
THE NEWS SCROLL14 APRIL 2020 Last Updated at 5:16
PM | SOURCE: PTI
By Seema Hakhu Kachru (Eds: Updates with additional
name)
Houston, Apr 14 (PTI) Five Indian-Americans have been awarded
with a prestigious US fellowship for their accomplishments and "exceptional
promise".
Pradeep Sharma, mechanical engineer at the University of
Houston, Kavita Ramanan, professor of Applied Mathematics at Brown University,
Dilip Da Cunha, architect, planner and teacher at Harvard University and
Columbia University, Mukul Sharma, professor of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth
College, and Tahera Qutbuddin, professor of Arabic Literature and Islamic
Studies at the University of Chicago, have been awarded the 2020 Guggenheim
fellowships.
Approximately 175 such fellowships are awarded each year. The
size of grant varies and is adjusted to the needs of fellows, considering their
other resources and the purpose and scope of their plans. The average grant in
the 2008 Canada and United States competition was approximately USD 43,200.
This year''s fellowships recognise 173 people, selected from an
initial field of 3,000.
"The Guggenheim Fellowship, came as a surprise. They are so
competitive, I really didn''t expect it," Pradeep, this year''s only
recipient in the engineering category, told PTI.
Pradeep, M D Anderson Chair Professor of mechanical engineering
and chairman of the department, uses mathematical and computational approaches
to understand physical phenomena across a number of disciplines, from materials
science to biology.
He said he will use the grant to further his work on a question
that has puzzled him for years: why are some people, even those not trained as
musicians, able to hear a piece of music and immediately reproduce the melody
on a piano or other instrument, while others cannot.
"Part of it is the brain, but the question I want to ask
is, is there something structurally different in her ears that she can hear
music better? I am looking for a physics explanation for her ability," he
said.
Scientists have a good understanding of how the hearing
mechanism works as sound waves enter the ear and move against the tiny hair
cells inside. Those hair cells change the vibrations generated by the sound
waves into electrical signals that are sent to the brain for decoding.
Pradeep said he will investigate to see if certain physical
characteristics of those hair cells - geometry, physical properties and even
electrical activity around the cells - play a role in how people understand and
interpret music.
According to his varsity, Pradeep''s work has long been
nationally recognised. He received the 2019 James R Rice Medal from the Society
of Engineering Science for "creative contributions to understanding the
science underpinning flexoelectricity and its applications to engineered and
biological systems."
Tahera''s research focuses on intersections of the literary, the
religious and the political in classical Arabic poetry and prose.
The Guggenheim fellowships honours artists, writers, scholars
and scientific researchers, who are chosen based on their previous
accomplishments and what foundation officials describe as their
"exceptional promise".
The Guggeinheim Foundation has granted more than USD 375 million
in fellowships to over 18,000 individuals since the fellowships began in 1925.
Recipients include Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists, poets
laureate, members of the national academies and winners of the Pulitzer Prize,
Bancroft Prize, Turing Award and National Book Awards, among other honours. PTI
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Favourable monsoon could give farmers some hope: Scientists
India
receives about 70% of its annual rainfall during the monsoon season, which
usually begins in June before starting to retreat by September. The monsoon
rainfall is crucial to rice, wheat, sugarcane and oilseeds cultivation in the
country, where farming accounts for about 15% of the economy and employs over
half of its people.
INDIAUpdated: Apr 14, 2020 11:41 IST
Jayashree
Nandi
Hindustan Times, New Delhi
According to a
climate scientist at Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology,
global agencies unanimously indicating normal monsoon rains for June to
September is good news. (HT File )
Indian farmers may be suffering
because of the nationwide lockdown imposed since March 25 to check the spread
of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak that has disrupted supply
chains. But global weather models may have something to lift their spirits, as
they are suggesting that the monsoon will be normal this year and may set in a
day or two early.
India Meteorological Department
(IMD) is expected to issue its monsoon forecast later this week.
India receives about 70% of its
annual rainfall during the monsoon season, which usually begins in June before
starting to retreat by September. The monsoon rainfall is crucial to rice,
wheat, sugarcane and oilseeds cultivation in the country, where farming
accounts for about 15% of the economy and employs over half of its people.
Global weather models are numerical
weather prediction models run by various agencies. The seasonal forecasting of
the southwest monsoon is done with the help of statistical and dynamical
models.
IBM’s The Weather Company, a
private weather forecasting company, has said that the monsoon is likely to set
in slightly earlier than normal on May 31 as against June 1 and the above
normal rain at 105% of the long-period average (LPA) is likely. “Uncalibrated
climate model forecasts suggest an unusually wet monsoon season this year
although our calibrated and bias-corrected model suggests a lesser degree of
dryness. We’re expecting a transition from weak El Niño conditions towards La
Nina conditions as we progress through the monsoon season, which will favour a
large-scale atmospheric pattern that will become increasingly conducive to
heavier rainfall later in the season,” the company said in a statement.
La Nina is associated with a strong
monsoon and above-average rains in India while El Niño is a climate pattern
characterised by high sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
El Niño years in India are linked to below-normal monsoon rains and higher than
normal frequency of heatwaves. Last year, weak El Niño conditions prevailed and
led to a delayed onset of the monsoon.
“Our observations suggest more
rains in south-western parts of the country and lower rains in northwestern
India,” said Himanshu Goyal, India business leader, The Weather Company.
Roxy Mathew Koll, a climate
scientist at Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, said global
agencies unanimously indicate normal monsoon rains for June to September, which
is good news. “This is largely based on the favourable conditions in the
Pacific as there is no coherent sign of an El Niño developing during the early
stage of the monsoon. El Niño, if present, can weaken the moisture carrying
monsoon winds and reduce the rainfall received.”
The rain in the pre-monsoon period
has also been above average, which experts say will help improve and retain
soil moisture and help with sowing in some parts of the country. From March 1
to April 12, central India received 165% and north-western parts 52% excess
rain even as eastern and the north-eastern parts are 44% deficient, according
to IMD.
Ocean temperatures in the
equatorial Indian Ocean are forecasted to be warmer than normal, which has the
potential to reduce monsoon rains. “Our analysis has shown that such conditions
can have an adverse impact on monsoon rains over central-north India. The
significance of the Indian Ocean is increasing year by year as it is warming
rapidly due to increasing carbon emissions. Forecast models do not generally
pick this link between the warm Indian Ocean and the monsoon rains,” Koll said,
clarifying that his analysis is not a forecast.
The warm Indian Ocean could also
trigger cyclones during the onset of monsoon.
Air pollution levels have reduced
in India and across the world due to Covid-19 lockdown restrictions and this is
also likely to impact the monsoon. There have been scientific studies that show
high air pollution levels have led to a decline in monsoon rains over the past
decades.
“I don’t know if the models are
factoring in this new scenario with less pollution,” Koll said.
M Rajeevan, secretary, Union
Ministry of Earth Sciences, said there is no El Niño influence this year and
the government will share full details of the onset and monsoon performance in
their forecast later this week.
Mahesh Palawat, vice-president,
climate and meteorology at Skymet Weather, a private weather forecasting
agency, said there is some warming in the eastern pacific but as the monsoon
progresses, there will be a likely movement towards La Nina or low sea surface
temperatures across the east-central Equatorial Pacific.
“The Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) is
also negative. High temperatures are already being recorded in central and
western India. Rain in the pre-monsoon period has also been good. All these
factors indicate that it is likely to be normal or slightly above normal
monsoon.”
IOD is characterised by warmer sea
surface temperature in the equatorial Indian Ocean; positive IOD conditions are
associated with normal monsoon.
Skymet Weather will not issue a monsoon
forecast this year because its services have been impacted by the ongoing
lockdown restrictions. “Our modelling teams haven’t able to run these models
from home. Also, last year, none of the weather agencies got the monsoon
forecast right. We also plan to reflect on what’s going wrong with monsoon
forecasts,” Palawat said.
After a delayed onset of the
south-west monsoon on June 8 last year and very little rain in June due to
presence of a weak El Niño, there were fears among meteorologists that it would
be a drought year. June ended with a deficit of 33% but July, August and
September received 105%, 115% and 152% of their LPA, respectively.
The IMD announced monsoon
withdrawal on September 30 last year with cumulative rainfall of 110% of the
LPA.
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Millions of people are blinded or die every year from diets
low in nutrition. This fine and informative book explores one effort to find a
remedy for vitamin deficiency. With private financing from the United States,
European scientists began three decades ago to try to breed a strain of
genetically modified rice that contains beta carotene, a precursor to vitamin
A. By 2002, they had succeeded, creating a variety known as “golden rice”
thanks to its color. But nearly 20 years later, only Australia, Canada, New
Zealand, and the United States—whose populations already have adequate levels of
vitamin A in their diets—have allowed the release of this rice. Many official
obstacles sit in the way of the spread of golden rice, with even approval for
field trials difficult to secure. Regis shows that although nongovernmental
organizations and activist groups such as Greenpeace have generated much
emotional opposition to genetically modified organisms, it is government
regulations and the glacial pace of plant breeding that have delayed the
introduction of golden rice to the parts of the world where it would be most
beneficial.
Harvesting
rice from the same field, without planting new rice plants? A discovery may
bring this scenario closer. Leiden scientists have discovered a gene that
allows annual plants to grow after flowering, instead of dying. Publication on
13 April in Nature Plants.
Plants
have growing points on their stems. These are groups of stem cells that can
form new stems with leaves or flowers. In perennial
plants, a number of those growing points remain vegetative, so that
after flowering the plant can continue to grow in the next season. In annual
plants, this does not happen and the plant dies (see box). At the Institute of
Biology Leiden, Remko Offringa, professor of Plant developmental genetics, and
his team have discovered a gene that determines whether growing points of a
plant will remain vegetative after flowering.
Life-extending
effect
In
the study, the researchers used the typical annual model plant thale cress,
Arabidopsis thaliana. First author Omid Karami demonstrated during his doctoral
research how the so-called AHL15 gene works. He overexpressed the gene in
Arabidopsis so that it is much more active than normal. As with perennial
plants, in the modified Arabidopsis plants some growing points remain in the
vegetative phase. The plants continue to grow after flowering and can blossom
several times. When the researchers disabled the gene, they noticed that the
plants had a shorter lifespan than normal. By doing so, they demonstrate that
the AHL15 gene, which they have named REJUVENATOR, regulates plant longevity.
Multiple
harvests
The
discovery of the gene contributes to fundamental knowledge about plant life
history and -ageing, says Offringa. The gene may also provide answers to the
question of why during evolution certain species have become annuals and others
have become perennial. According to Offringa, practical applications are also
conceivable, such as for agriculture. Many food crops,
like rice and wheat, are annuals. Keeping some growing points vegetative in
such a crop would allow the plants to continue to grow after harvesting. This
may allow for several harvests from the same crop and thus to increase the
yield per plant. Farmers also have to plough less often when they grow plants
that bloom more often. As a result, the soil biome will remain intact, which
fits well with sustainable production in agriculture.
Plants
grow and develop leaves during the vegetative phase. Under the influence of
changes in daylight and temperature, plants switch to the reproductive phase at
a certain point. They develop flowers and produce seeds for reproduction. Some
plants—including all annuals—die after flowering. Most perennial plants after
flowering re-enter the vegetative phase in the following season. They develop
new leaves through growing points located on the stem. Next, they can go into a
new reproductive phase.
ARLINGTON, VA --
USA Rice, in conjunction with Horizon Ag and Rice Farming magazine, is seeking
nominations for the 2020 Rice Awards to recognize rice leaders who exemplify
dedication, determination, and innovation to the industry.
The Rice Awards honor outstanding industry
leaders from three distinct categories: Rice Farmer of the Year, Rice
Industry Award, and the Rice Lifetime Achievement Award. To nominate a
candidate for one of these prestigious awards, complete the application form by
June 30 and follow the submission instructions listed there.
The award recipients will be recognized at the
USA Rice Outlook Conference in Austin, Texas, December 9-11, 2020. They
also will be featured in a special insert of the December issue of Rice
Farming.
The recipients of last year's Rice Awards were
Rice Farmer of the Year, Jennifer James who runs the H&J Land Company in
Jackson County, Arkansas; Rice Industry Award, Jim F. Cook with Colusa County
Farm Supply (CCFS) in Williams, California; and Rice Lifetime Achievement
Award, Dr. Ford Baldwin, a native Arkansan with a life-long connection to the
state's
agriculture, best
known for his noteworthy research on Command herbicide and the Clearfield Rice
Production System.
Go here for more
information on the nomination process and for a complete list of past winners.
COVID-19: Border closure, lockdown boosts
rice, local produce demand
Rice farmers in Nigeria appear to
be raking in huge sales amid the coronavirus pandemic following the government’s
closure of all borders.
Expectedly, the price of the
commodity increased globally due to higher demands for Thai rice and those of
other major nations renowned for sale of the staple food.
However, it appears that export
disruptions caused by the COVID-19 crisis in Asia have benefitted African
producers.
Recall that before now the Asian
continent produced about 90 per cent of the world’s rice supply and consumed
the same amount.
Aside Thailand, affected countries
include China, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Currently, the countries are
stockpiling agricultural commodities, a situation that has become advantageous
to Nigerian rice farmers, experts say.
In a chat with the Economic Confidential
on Tuesday, the National Chairman of Rice Processors Association of Nigeria
(RIPAN), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar Maifata, said rice farmers and millers and
other processors have been vindicated.
He commended President Muhammadu
Buhari administration for the partial border closure in 2019 that boosted local
food production and massive investment in the agricultural sector.
Maifata said: “We are aware that in
some of the Asian countries including India, rice traders have stopped signing
new export contracts as labour shortages and logistical disruptions hamper the
delivery of existing contracts. The Vietnamese government has also put in
export curbs.
“The federal government under the
leadership of President Buhari must be commended for taking decisive measures
to revive the agricultural sector through border closure and other incentives.
“I can confidently tell you that
the level of smuggling foreign rice will soon come down to zero level. I can
also assure Nigerians that local farmers can fill the gap conveniently.
“Apart from the fact that the
development has helped our local processing industry to work at full capacity
and farmers being able to sell all that they produce, many more citizens are
now encouraged to invest in farming”, Maifata added.
Spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs
Service (NCS), Joseph Attah, said with the border closure, rice seizures have
continued unabated even as the onslaught against smugglers persists.
“We are glad that our rice farmers,
processors and millers are doing very well in mass food production. They are
daily smiling to the banks and our operations have been successful so far”,
Attah added.
He urged all stakeholders to join
in the campaign against the activities of smugglers through advocacy and
sensitization to ensure attitudinal change on the part of the outlaws.
Calrose Rice Market Outlook: Poised
For a Strong 2020 | Basmati Rice, Far West Rice, Hinode Rice
Calrose Rice
3 Reasons Why Calrose Rice Market Market May Still Earn Its
Estimates for 2025
Calrose Rice Market - Opportunity Ahead of Earnings”
— Nidhi Bhawsar
NEW JERSEY, NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/
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including: competitive situation, sales, revenue and global market share of top
manufacturers are California Family Foods (United States),American Commodity
Company (United States),Farmers' Rice Cooperative (United States),Pacific
International Rice Mills (United States),Coztrix (New Zealand),Basmati Rice GmbH
(Germany),Doguet's Rice Milling Company (United States),Far West Rice (United
States),Hinode Rice (United States),Sun Valley Rice (United States),Metalmax
(United States),Avrevs Farms (United States).
Calrose rice is a common American style of rice that is grown
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Market Drivers: Innovation Encircling the Food and Beverage
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Restraints: Not a Good Source of Cholesterol
Challenges: Main Challenge Is Keeping It Free Of Dust, Insects,
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Lacks in Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Calcium and Iron
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….
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